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Yorkshire Settlers

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Dobson, Keillor and Trenholm
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  • Thomas Charles Keillor, Sr. (1729 - 1777)
    part of a wave of immigrants who were settled in Westmoreland County, then part of Nova Scotia, just prior to the American Revolution. From the Wikipedia page on Sackville:
  • John Trenholm (1739 - 1817)
    Emigrated from England to Canada sometime between 1767 and 1789 Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch ( : accessed 29 August 2015), John Trenholm, 21 Dec 1739; citing WELBURY,YORK...
  • George Dobson, Jr. (1751 - 1809)
    the Chignecto isthmus and it's first settlers by Howard TruemanDOBSON. The Dobsons were among the first of Yorkshire emigrants to arrive in Nova Scotia. There were two brothers, George and Richard. Geo...

From - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_from_Yorkshire_to_Nova_Scotia

"Migration from Yorkshire to Nova Scotia occurred between 1772 and 1775 and involved an approximate one thousand migrants from mainly Yorkshire, England arriving in Nova Scotia to settle the colony some years following the expulsion of its Acadian population."
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